Agenda item

Quarter 2 Monitoring Report 2014/15

Minutes:

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. John Hooton, the Deputy Chief Operating Officer introduced the report which provided the delivery and financial performance of both contracted and non-contracted services. 

 

The Committee considered the report.

 

Councillor Reema Patel MOVED the following motion which was SECONDED by Councillor Ammar Naqvi:

 

“That the Performance and Contract Management Committee request that the Adults and Safeguarding Committee consider in detail the relationship between the working conditions of care workers in Barnet and the outcome and performance of the provision of social care in Barnet.”

 

Votes were recorded as follows:

 

In Favour

5

Against

5

Abstentions

0

 

Following a tie, the Chairman used his casting vote.  The motion was lost.

 

A Member commented on an error made by Re:  in relation to a planning decision which was incorrectly considered in private session, and questioned why it was not included on the evening’s agenda.  The Committee noted that the error had occurred during Quarter Three.  Claire Symonds, the Commercial and Customer Services Director advised that she expected the matter to be recorded in the Quarter 3 report.  Following a question from a Member, Ms. Symonds advised that it would be possible to provide data in the Quarter 3 report breaking down the detail of complaints by area.  There were several detailed question raised by Members on matters contained in the report, which were answered by Officers.  In relation to specific residents’ issues regarding council tax, Members were asked to bring specific cases to the attention of Anna Earnshaw, Operations Director of Capita.

 

During the consideration of the above item, Councillor Seal left the meeting at 8:58 pm.

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

1.    The Committee agree the following referrals to thematic committees:

 

COMMITTEE

REFERRAL

Policy and Resources

To note the current capital slippage and to address the capital forecasting and profiling process to ensure less slippage between years.

Adults and Safeguarding

None

Assets, Regeneration and Growth

To note the concern of the Performance and Contract Management Committee of the tight timescales for the relocation of the Depot when considering the update report at the next meeting of the committee.

Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding

To note the current academic performance when considering the Education and Skills options.

Community Leadership

None

Environment

To note, during finalisation of the Parking Policy, the increasing number of transactions and to be aware of the variation from budget in the Special Parking Account.

Housing

To note the increasing homelessness levels and rising accommodation costs as part of the finalisation of the Housing Strategy.

General Function Committee

To note the requirement of Delivery Units to complete workforce plans by the end of 2014/15 to outline appropriate levels of agency resourcing.

 

2.    The Committee is asked to note the quarter 2 2014/15 revenue budget and capital position contained in paragraphs 1.11 and 1.14.

3.    The Committee is asked to refer to Policy and Resources Committee the request for the funding of pressures on permit income within the Special Parking Account (£1.020m) be funded from contingency, as outlined in section 1.11.

4.    The Committee is asked to note the Agency Costs for the quarter 2 20134/15 as detailed in paragraph 1.16.

5.    The Committee is asked to note the Treasury position outlined in paragraph 1.18.

6.    The Committee is asked to approve the projected £31,136m capital slippage of the outturn at quarter 2 2014/15, as outlined in Appendix C.

7.    The Committee is asked to note the additional information requested at committee on the 23 July 2014; HR Schools update, as set out in Appendix I.

8.    The Committee is asked to note the additional information requested regarding Single Person Discounts, as set out in Appendix J.

9.    The Committee are asked to refer for approval the write off of Sundry debt of £0.166m as set out in table 14 to the Policy and Resources Committee.

 

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